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Richard P. Braun Bridge

Coordinates: 45°07′45″N 93°17′56″W / 45.129151°N 93.298918°W / 45.129151; -93.298918
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Richard P. Braun Bridge
Coordinates45°07′45″N 93°17′56″W / 45.129151°N 93.298918°W / 45.129151; -93.298918
CarriesEight lanes of MN 610
CrossesMississippi River
LocaleBrooklyn Park, Minnesota-Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Maintained byMinnesota Department of Transportation
ID number27239 (westbound), 27252 (eastbound)
Characteristics
DesignConcrete girder bridge
Total length1,326 feet (404 meters)
Width96 feet (29 m) westbound, 69 feet (21 m) eastbound
Longest span122 feet
Clearance below21 feet
History
Opened1985 (westbound span), 1999 (eastbound span)
Statistics
Daily traffic39000
Location
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Richard P. Braun Bridge is a pair of 10-span concrete girder bridges spanning the Mississippi River between Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and Coon Rapids, Minnesota. The eastbound span was built in 1985 to connect Minnesota State Highway 252 with Minnesota State Highway 610 in Coon Rapids. The westbound span was built in 1999 as part of the continued construction of Highway 610 through Brooklyn Park. Richard P. Braun is a former Mn/DOT Commissioner from 1979 to 1986.

There is a walkway on the south side of the bridge that connects a trail along West River Road in Brooklyn Park with a trail along the east side of the river in Coon Rapids. The trail on the east side leads to the Coon Rapids Dam, about a mile and a half north.

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References

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  • Costello, Mary Charlotte (2002). Climbing the Mississippi River Bridge by Bridge, Volume Two: Minnesota. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN 0-9644518-2-4.
  • "National Bridge Inventory". 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-23.